• Background Information. 252,247José de Silva is given as the fifth child of Antonio de Silva and Gregoria Ruiz. He is also listed in The Origins of New México Families, p. 288, in The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico, p. 372, as a child of Antonio de Silva and Gregoria Ruiz and as marrying Rosa Baca.

• Name. 239She was called Rosa de Luna on the DM and Rosa Baca on the marriage record. She was noted to be the widow of José de Silva. deligencia Witnessess: Juan Manuel Chirinos, notary in Santa Fe; Andres de la Paz (36) and Antonio Durán de Armijo. Marriage witnesses: Balthasar Romero, Juan Barela

• Death. 239Origins of New México Families on page 289 states she died on June 9, 1729, but this must be in error because she married Miguel Montoya on April 9, 1729. deligencias recorded March 22, 1729. On Page 328 Origins states she died giving birth to her daugter Gerturdis on April 15, 1730.

Rosa married José de Silva, son of Antonio de Silva and Gregoria Ruíz, before 9 Apr 1729 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico. (José de Silva was born about 1704 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España,509 died before 19 Jun 1727 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 509 and was buried on 19 Jun 1727 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 248.)

Rosa next married Miguel Montoya, son of Salvador Montoya and Manuela María Josefa García de la Riva, on 9 Apr 1729 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, New México Territory.412 (Miguel Montoya was born in 1703 and died on 11 Mar 1763 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)